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  • Den Meetings and Flag Placement

    Howdy Pack 359, Tomorrow we will have den meetings, room assignments are as follows: Lions: discovery room Tigers: Pike Hall Wolves: Friendship hall (big room in back) Bears: Tuesday at 6:30 Webelos: youth room AOL: Connor Hall Also, flags will need to be put out No later than November 7th for Veteran’s Day.  Den leaders, please coordinate flag placement with your families.  We will have a few dads going around tomorrow to help explain to new families how flags work.

  • First aid!

    Monday!! The long day after Halloween we will have a den meeting. We will be working on first aid. Each scout needs to bring their own first aid kit. They need to be able to tell me why they picked what they did. I will need parent help with our activities of learning how to help with: nose bleed, sunburn, etc (list is in the book). Also don’t forget to exercise and document and memorize home address!! Yours in Scouting, Kathy

  • Pack Meeting Tonight

    Hello Tiger Families! I hope everyone who attended Mom and Me had a wonderful time. I hate that I had to miss it, but we had something come up. I heard that it was a lot of fun. Tonight is our first Pack Meeting! All of the den families will meet together in the sanctuary. If you have a Class A uniform (the blue shirt and neckerchief), please have your scout wear it. We will get to go on stage as a den to share with the rest of the pack what we have been working on. Bobcat rank will also be awarded to all of our Tigers who don’t already have Bobcat. We have practiced the Scout Oath and Law many time together, and…

  • Pack Meeting TONIGHT!

    Howdy Webelos! What a fun weekend a lot of us had. I had so much fun I almost forgot tonight is PACK meeting. This means we will meet with all the other dens and celebrate the past month. We have 3 parts that our den will be a part of during the pack meeting. Skit – Gavin will do his Run Away Piggy Bank (with lots of coins) Song – We will lead the repeat after me song from mom & me – “I’m singing in the Rain” Bobcat – Our new scouts Jonathan, Logan and Madison will be earning their Bobcat rank. Please bring your parent with you tonight to help with the Bobcat ceremony. The bear’s will host a Bear Carnival at the…

  • Pack Meeting

    Howdy Pack 359, Mom (and dads too) and Me camp out was a big success!  We had so much fun at all the stations! Today is our first pack meeting of the year.  It begins at 6:30 in the Fellowship Hall in the back of the church. Scouts need to be in their blue or tan field uniform (class A).  You will need to sit with your scout, if you have more than one please sit with the youngest.  We have a super fun activity planned at the end of the meeting!

  • Pack Meeting, BOBCAT awards, and BEAR Carnival at WUMC Monday at 6:30

    Happy Afternoon, BEAR Families!! I am SO excited about our new BEARS earning their BOBCAT Award at 6:30 pm tomorrow night!  A few of you were still working on some of the BOBCAT details, so really practice, practice, practice so you can earn your award tomorrow night!!!  (I’m putting the requirements at the  end of this message as a refresher for everyone!)  Remember to wear your UNIFORM – or as much of it as you have, please.  BEAR CARNIVAL – remember this will earn our Scouts an achievement!! There has been a location “shift” – WUMC has some events going on at the church tomorrow night as well, so the Pack Meeting is being held in the fellowship hall and our BEAR CARNIVAL is being…

  • Mom and Me

    Pack 359, My scout and I are so excited about camping this weekend!  Please read thoroughly as there will be LOTS of info in this post/email. 1. You are able to go out Friday if you would like.  Please send Mrs. Somer a text to let her know if you plan to go Friday (cell number is at the bottom of the email). 2. Please be sure you have (a) turned in health forms a and b, copy of front and back of insurance card, and scouts shot records OR (b) bring any of those missing items with you. 3. ANY person 18+ MUST complete and bring a copy of the Youth Protection Training (YPT). Camp has requested a hard copy so please print if you haven’t…

  • BEAR Carnival planning & practice tonight – “Pass off” on BOBCAT Requirements

    HI DEN 4!!  See you tonight at 6:30 – meeting will be short and sweet – getting ready for BEAR Carnival & BOBCAT Rank tests. Was that a great Rose Parade or what?  Den 4 Scouts and Parents were SUPERSTARS as always, lending a hand where needed and WHAT a great job carrying those flags and banners!!!! Round of Applause!!! NOW, you busy BEAR families – let’s think about BEAR CARNIVAL. This will complete the “Grin & Bear it” Achievement for each participating Scout once we do the “reflection” so it’s important that your Scout plans their “game” AND what they are going to say to get people to come play that game – think of carnival vendors calling-“Hey, come on over, you can’t lose”…

  • Paperwork for Mom & Me

    Parents, There is a bit more paperwork this year! This is coming directly from the camp director. Attached is a schedule for the time you will be with us.  We need you to take care of a couple of things this week to make check in go smooth. At this activity all adults attending must be Youth Protections Trained. To do this you must sign on to scouting.org to complete the YPT training and then bring a copy of the certificate with you to check in to turn in. You must also bring a copy of your medical form parts A & B.  With this form you must include a copy of your Insurance Card front and back as well as a copy of the insureds Drivers License. You must…